Snapshot Day 10/8/09 Data (Salt Front RM 60.3) RIVER MILE 87 Eli Schloss & Esopus Meadows Environmental Center, Ulster Park, Ulster County Donna Nageli, George Washington Elementary School – 4th grade – 41 students Location: Esopus Meadows Preserve Town of Esopus. Ulster County Area: A path along the beach with rising forested hills and yard with house and driveway Surrounding Land Use: Forested 80%, Beach 20% Sampling Site: Rocky shallow, sloping beach area covered with vegetation Water depth: 2 ft. River Bottom –rocky muddy weedy Plants in area: Plants in less than half sample area - 100% are water chestnut BLOW OUT TIDE AT EMEC ITEM Time Reading 1 Reading 2 Comments Physical Air Temperature 10:00 AM 12:20 PM 62F 20C Wind Speed Cloud Cover Weather today Weather recently Water 58F 15C 7-10 kts 3 Beaufort Partly cloudy Bright and clear Rain squalls yesterday 10:00 AM 15C North wind Water Calm Temperature 12:00 PM 58 F 20C 62 F Water calm Turbidity yes 10:00 AM 0 cm Chlorophyll Chemical DO (drop count kit) pH Salinity 1:40 PM .5 10:00 AM 8.0 mg/L 12:20 PM 1:40 PM 7.5 33 mg/L Cl Fish Catch 25 ft.X 4 ft. X ¼ inch mesh 50 ft pull 4 seines run Number Caught Species 14 Banded killifish Sunfish Darter Bullhead catfish 2 1 2 Tides Currents Traffic Long Turbidity tube 15C 78% Indicator sol. 41.25 ppm salinity CPUE Seine 2.5 inch 1.5 inch 2 inch 3 inch 1 10:00 am 10:20 am 10:40 am 11:05 AM 11:25 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Falling Falling Falling Rising Rising Rising Rising 9:30 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Tug/Barge Tug/barge Cruise Southbound Southbound Southbound 12:30 PM Cruise Southbound Light/rock Light/oil Loaded/leaf watchers DK